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Authentication and access control have improved project deployment and human verification
What is our primary use case?
My main use for ngrok is authentication and access control. ngrok has been very useful for me. I recommended my company to purchase a subscription because it helps me with authentication for the project I created and for verifying that the person is truly human. ngrok is very scalable and useful for our needs. We also used ngrok for public exposure.
What is most valuable?
The best features I use are authentication. ngrok offers multiple valuable features including HTTP, HTTPS tunneling, authentication, webhooks, and testing support. I find myself relying on authentication and access control the most.
ngrok is very user-friendly, which is my first preference. The second advantage is that it is more scalable. The third benefit is that I can generate solutions very easily. It is very simple to generate the functionality I need.
ngrok is very useful for me since I use it to deploy my projects.
What needs improvement?
On the free account, the link changes every time I use it. The pricing is decent, but I would prefer it to be a little cheaper in India compared to US pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ngrok for the last year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
ngrok is stable in my experience.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I can rate ngrok's scalability as nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor beyond being a customer.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not tried any other solution. ngrok was the best option, so I chose it.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was very easy.
What about the implementation team?
My team used my project on a single server.
What was our ROI?
We saved a lot of time. My team used my project on a single server, which allowed me to save considerable time.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have not chosen any other solution.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend that others use ngrok at least once so they can have an understanding of it. I gave this product a rating of 10 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Generating secure test links has streamlined client feedback and has improved project debugging
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The best features I can see in ngrok are that it is very stable, user-friendly, great for debugging, and the most efficient way to use it.
ngrok has saved a lot of time for my organization, and it is more scalable than the website or any other application.
Our team saved a lot of time using ngrok, which is why we recommend it.
We have saved a lot of time and teamwork thanks to ngrok.
ngrok is very stable and scalable.
What needs improvement?
I don't think anything much can be improved in ngrok.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ngrok for the last two or three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
ngrok is very stable and scalable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I will rate ngrok's scalability a 10.
The product is scalable and stands out for me as a 10.
How are customer service and support?
I support ngrok's customer support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not used any other solution; ngrok is the best.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I will not choose any other options besides ngrok.
What other advice do I have?
I don't have to share anything about my main use case for ngrok.
We are using ngrok locally right now.
We are using the free version of ngrok and will shift to a one-month plan in no time.
I would suggest trying the ngrok plan first.
I don't have any additional thoughts about ngrok before we wrap up.
I am providing this review a rating of 10.
Easy to Implement, and the Free Plan Covers Everything I Need
What do you like best about the product?
It’s easy to implement, and the free plan lets me do everything I need at the moment.
What do you dislike about the product?
At this moment, I feel the software covers everything I need, so there’s really nothing I don’t like about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It lets me run services on my own PC and share the information with my colleagues, without needing extra, complicated systems just to share those services.
Streamlined development has accelerated webhook testing and real-time client collaboration
What is our primary use case?
As a full stack developer, I utilize ngrok for running my local development server to the internet so that I can get a public URL, which could be utilized for testing, debugging, or sharing with clients.
In my current project for an application, we had to rely on webhooks, such as payment gateways or external services, so I used ngrok to expose my local server to those services that can send real-time data to my machine.
It is also helpful when I need to quickly share a work-in-progress feature with clients or teammates without having it deployed on the environment. This bypasses the testing and helps me prevent merging the in-progress code onto the environment while still allowing visualization through a public internet URL. Another use case is for Apple Pay integration, which does not work on localhost, so for that, I used ngrok to get an HTTPS URL.
ngrok has helped in many ways, specifically providing development support for features related to payment, such as Apple Pay, which cannot be tested on localhost. It allows us to share our localhost with team members, such as front-end developers, so they can utilize the API and integrate during the development flow, aiding in collaboration between back-end and front-end developers.
ngrok has helped in faster development and collaboration, allowing both teams to work in parallel without blocking the development flow. It provides benefits such as sharing public URLs for sensitive integrations, allowing clients to check in real-time, and is beneficial for performance testing with temporary URLs to identify challenges early on.
What is most valuable?
There are many features with ngrok that I have utilized during development, such as temporary public URLs, secure tunnels, request inspection, support for custom domains, and authentication, which makes it secure to utilize. In sensitive cases, such as integrating payment gateways, we need to ensure we are not exposing unnecessary things on the internet, and it goes through a secure tunnel.
There is a specific feature for request replay that makes it very useful for debugging and testing whenever a request has been hit with ngrok. This request replay feature is amazing.
What needs improvement?
ngrok is already a great tool with various tiers for free users and paid subscriptions, so I do not see any caveats as such.
In terms of features, ngrok is very feature-rich and reliable, but with heavy usage, the costs can increase based on the usage plan, which could be improved to be a little cheaper.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ngrok for the last two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
ngrok is very stable, as we have not faced issues while running multiple servers and APIs, and it is fast and scalable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
ngrok is highly scalable, allowing multiple servers or URLs created within the same account, facilitating smooth collaboration among multiple teams and developers.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support was really amazing, as they have always been proactive in responding to our queries or issues related to access.
We purchased ngrok directly by contacting their sales team because we are a large organization, and they offered us a bundled package.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not been utilizing any older solution, as we actually started with ngrok only.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is quite good, especially for the features it provides, and the sales and customer support teams are always supportive, making it very smooth to onboard our developers with ngrok, leading to a great overall experience.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Cloudflare Tunnel as an alternative, but we found that ngrok is generally more reliable and feature-rich, which best suited our use case, leading us to choose ngrok.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, ngrok is a very useful tool for developers, simplifying local testing, especially for APIs and integrations, which helps speed up the development workflow and identify issues early on.
Overall, I think ngrok is a great tool that will definitely help any organization, whether mid-scale, small, or large, by enabling dynamic collaboration early in the deployment stage and allowing teams to see their APIs live as they would behave in a real environment. It provides a glimpse of that, making it definitely a tool worth trying. I gave this review a rating of ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Testing web apps externally has become faster and saves time and resources
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for ngrok is that when I boot up a server and want to test it non-locally, I can use ngrok to do that.
I created a Flask application and I wanted to make sure that it was performing in the way that I wanted it to, so I used ngrok to test it without booting up everything in production or development.
That's the only use case I have with ngrok; it's just good for testing, making sure the application that I've developed works in a quick manner, rather than having resources to boot it up.
How has it helped my organization?
ngrok positively impacts my organization by making deploying a lot easier, catching problems sooner without costing resources, as you can deploy it externally without it being external and see the problems to fix them fast.
What is most valuable?
The best features ngrok offers include creating an anywhere IP that's localhost but not localhost at the same time, allowing you to boot it up and see what your application is doing.
That quick setup with ngrok saved me money by not having the resources to boot up a development server or production, making sure my code is working in a dev server that is exposed in a way.
ngrok saves weeks of development time, as I am able to catch problems and fix them without deploying resources in dev servers or production servers.
What needs improvement?
I cannot think of anything for ngrok improvements, but knowing that you are able to deploy something externally without it being external is just the main reason I use it, and that is a game changer for sure.
Everything seems pretty simple with ngrok, and I love the documentation since it is really easy to use.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using ngrok for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
ngrok is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I am not sure about ngrok's scalability, as I just use it locally, so I do not know if it scales well or not.
How are customer service and support?
I have not reached out for customer support, but I have noticed the documentation is very well documented; I was able to find answers on their website with no issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution for my needs.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with ngrok, as I saved time and can spot problems faster instead of spending that time trying to get code to work.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I have not done any costs for ngrok; it is just locally.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
ngrok was my first pick, as it was the only thing I could find that could do what I wanted it to do.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using ngrok is that if you want to develop something and be efficient, you should use ngrok to deploy and check for issues externally. I would rate my overall experience with ngrok as a 10.
Best solution for POC
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to quickly tunnel local host to the internet allows for easy showcase of different proof of concepts
What do you dislike about the product?
The support for routing to custom domains is very complex
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sometimes we are not sure if a solution is viable or not. So, we have to make proof of concepts for it that needed to be deployed on cloud solutions or we had to do complex network management for exposing ports, ngrok eases this in one line.
Great Tool For Local Hosting
What do you like best about the product?
Great tool for local hosts and can be used from anywhere. we can make our local pc like a host without any cloud services.
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing. everything is working perfectly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Local Hosting
Networking
Networking
Makes local development easy
What do you like best about the product?
Been using Ngrok for around 4-5 years now. The set-up is so easy, that makes for a quick tool to use, with very little thought, when remote access is needed for either reviewing or for 3rd party webhooks, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes things do go wrong, and when they go wrong, they're quite hard to debug. Also, it seems that if you are serving a full web page, there can be time-outs if there are too many requests, even with a paid plan. However, this is definitely in the 1% of the time
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When developing payment gateways, we needed a system that we have local webhooks for payment responses. This tool solved issue and gave us this ability with very little effort
Recommendations to others considering the product:
My recommendation would be to set up a config file from the get-go. It's not hard, but it makes setting up tunnels much much easier
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What do you like best about the product?
Command line, embeddable. Ease of integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Scattered a bit, would rather have one control screen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Provide access to web app running in dev mode on my local machine.
Best tool for creating tunnels
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing I liked about ngrok is that a person can create tunnels to his own system using this tool, i.e a person can make his IP: port online via this tool so that he can test out various functionality for the app/tool running in the port.
What do you dislike about the product?
The thing I disliked was that int the free version the URL created was automatically closed in 8 hours. A user should get the option to increase that. Also, the speed of the ngrok connection depends on the user's internet speed, which for me is an issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am a full stack developer. So, with ngrok I try to connect my frontend which is online to my local backend for the testing of the API's which I have created for the app since the frontend can't be used offline. Also, I could share the URL to my colleagues so that they can verify the API too. Also, I used it to test the frontend features of a website which cannot be used offline.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ngrok is a great tool for creating tunnel to a person's IP. If you want to securely expose your local web server to the internet and capture all traffic for detailed inspection and replay then this tool is for you, Also, it offers a free trial that can use used by a person for testing purposes. You can test your frontend as well as your backend by creating a tunnel your local system.
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